London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:10 minutes | 914 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset

Experience the timeless brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, rejuvenated for 2024 through meticulous remastering from the original Somerset Tapes. This iconic rendition, performed by the illustrious London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sir Adrian Boult, captivates listeners anew with its depth and emotional resonance. Originally released in 1959 by Countdown Media, this remastered edition brings forth every nuance of Tchaikovsky’s masterwork, delivering a rich and immersive sonic journey that transcends generations.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick palmer – Rosner: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick palmer – Rosner: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:29:07 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

The musical language of the New York-based Arnold Rosner (1945–2013) clothes the modal harmony and rhythm of pre-Baroque polyphony in rich Romantic colours, producing a style that is instantly recognisable and immediately appealing. This fourth Toccata Classics album of his orchestral music opens with an engaging and energetic early Scherzo and a Concerto Grosso that has something of the dignified reserve of the Swiss composer Frank Martin, whom Rosner much admired – as the broadly expressive Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin go on to show. Rosner’s A Mylai Elegy, a symphonic poem inspired by a massacre of civilians in Vietnam, has few equals in the orchestral repertoire: it veers from profound sadness to wild, freewheeling anger – protest music at its grandest and most passionate.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alessandro Crudele – Respighi: Pini di Roma, Impressioni brasiliane & Belkis, regina di Saba (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alessandro Crudele – Respighi: Pini di Roma, Impressioni brasiliane & Belkis, regina di Saba (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:24 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

This colourful journey across different times and places marks the first recording of Italian conductor Alessandro Crudele and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Linn. At the helm of the flamboyant LPO the versatile conductor has recorded a compendium of programmatic works spanning the artistic life of Ottorino Respighi.Starting with one of his first masterpieces, the evocative and at times epic Pini di Roma is a botanical journey through Rome at different times of the day. The more impressionistic, travelogue Impressioni brasiliane, the result of a trip Respighi made in Brazil, is suffused with local music and culture and dates from the mature years of the composer. Much in the same vein, the late ballet Belkis, regina di Saba describes a mythological voyage this time; the little-known work recounts the Queen’s route across the desert to meet Solomon, King of Israel, with whom she is in love.
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Lucy Crowe, Roderick Williams, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder – James MacMilllan Christmas Oratorio (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lucy Crowe, Roderick Williams, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder - James MacMilllan Christmas Oratorio (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Lucy Crowe, Roderick Williams, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder – James MacMilllan Christmas Oratorio (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:34:11 minutes | 1,53 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © London Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording captures the UK premiere performance of James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, performed and recorded in the presence of the composer. The world premiere of the work was given by the Dutch Radio Philharmonic and Choir in Amsterdam in January 2021. The LPO was due to give the world premiere of the work however, due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the performance came on December 4 2021, a year later than planned.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Reinhard Linz – Marches from the Opera (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Reinhard Linz - Marches from the Opera (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Reinhard Linz – Marches from the Opera (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:25 minutes | 684 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Somerset

The London Philharmonic Orchestra is lead by Reinhard Linz to perform a programme of Marches from the Opera! The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.

The Alshire/Somerset labels feature the renowned 101 Strings Orchestra, a household name in easy listening, and many other artists. It boasts 10,000 recordings of classic pop songs, soundtracks, latin and world music, all remastered from the original tapes.
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Paul Daniel & London Philharmonic Orchestra – Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Paul Daniel & London Philharmonic Orchestra – Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:45 minutes | 669 MB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Opera Rara

A travelling circus, an innocent prince in love with a waxwork and a lottery ticket to win a magnificent castle… What could possibly go wrong? The delightful opera La Princesse de Trébizonde (1869) is packed with irresistible melodies finely crafted with delicate harmonies and inventive orchestration characteristic of Offenbach’s style.

Conductor Paul Daniel leads an all-star cast including Virginie Verrez and Anne-Catherine Gillet in this premiere recording of Jean-Christophe Keck’s critical edition.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra & Dirk Brossé – The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s (Live) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Dirk Brossé – The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s (Live) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:36:43 minutes | 1,74 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s is the second compilation of film music on the LPO label. It joins LPO0086, which took music from films of the 1960s to 1980s. The two releases form a great set of some of the best film scores of the last 60 years, including well loved classics such as The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Psycho but also an opportunity to discover some less well known scores.

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Joan Sutherland, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov, The John Alldis Choir, Zubin Mehta – Turandot (1972/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Joan Sutherland, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov, The John Alldis Choir, Zubin Mehta – Turandot (1972/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:57:51 minutes | 2,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca

Turandot is Puccini’s last opera and contains some of his most enchanting and memorable music. This recording features a stellar cast of singers with London Philharmonic Orchestra, masterfully conducted by Zubin Mehta.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 13: Clemens Krauss (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 13: Clemens Krauss (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:50 minutes | 740 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:13:21 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 19: Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 19: Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:32 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Spanning almost twenty years, the unique story of this set begins in May 1929 with Decca’s first major recording, Delius’s Sea Drift – a performance whose merits were obscured at the time by surface noise, but which the latest technology reveals to be a gloriously sympathetic reading of Delius’s poignant elegy. Back then, the conductor (Anthony Bernard) was not even printed on the 78 labels; yet, for a later recording in the set, a suite of Handel, the name of Erich Kleiber stands out: a sign of how far the label travelled in its first twenty years, through some choppy commercial waters, to become a byword for technological excellence and world-class musical artistry drawn from around the globe.

The pre-war recordings inevitably centre on British/Irish conducting talent, old and new: Hamilton Harty, dynamic in Haydn and Walton; Walton himself, in a definitive first recording of Façade; atmospheric Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Coates from Henry Wood. One of the rarest items in the set is Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins as led by Mengelberg in 1936.

The post-war material includes several great names of the podium from those pre-war days, judiciously picked up by Decca when they might otherwise have been forgotten: Albert Coates whipping up a frenzy in the Russian repertoire he made his own; Clemens Krauss, incandescent in Strauss from Milan and London; Leo Blech’s genial ‘Surprise’ Symphony of Haydn.

Senior composer-conductors include Fitelberg in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 and Enescu in Schumann’s Second. Then there are thrilling young podium tyros who were setting London musical life alight in the postwar years: Celibidache’s electrifying and wayward Tchaikovsky, Martinon’s exquisite Ravel, Coppola’s majestic Schumann.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 8: Grzegorz Fitelberg (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 8: Grzegorz Fitelberg (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:51 minutes | 668 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 18: Erich Kleiber (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 18: Erich Kleiber (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:04 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 17: Hans Knappertsbusch (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 17: Hans Knappertsbusch (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:48 minutes | 666 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 9: Grzegorz Fitelberg, Wilhelm Furtwängler (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 9: Grzegorz Fitelberg, Wilhelm Furtwängler (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:11:40 minutes | 583 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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